Some Atlantic City casino dealers pushing for a smoking ban have received support from several state lawmakers during a long-awaited hearing on a bill that would end smoking inside the nine casinos.
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - AUGUST 29: An elderly woman plays slot machines in a casino on the Atlantic City Boardwalk on August 29 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After new casinos opened in neighboring states, four of the city's top casinos closed in 2014, lAtlantic City casino dealers pushing for a smoking ban received support from several state lawmakers Monday at a long-awaited hearing on a bill that would end smoking inside the nine casinos.
Whether to ban smoking is one of the most controversial issues not only in Atlantic City casinos, but in other states where workers have expressed concern about secondhand smoke. They are waging similar campaigns in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Virginia. "Unfortunately, to get that passed I had to agree that casinos could still have smoking," he said, adding that "it's time" for the state to implement a casino smoking ban.
Just three of the nine casinos — Borgata, Ocean and Resorts — surpassed their pre-pandemic revenue levels in terms of money won from in-person gamblers last year. "I would bet everything I have that one year after a smoking ban, we will have a 10 to 15% decline in gambling revenue," he said. "Of that I am certain. As soon as we did it, Pennsylvania would double down on smoking. It would close one, maybe two casinos in Atlantic City."
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